the Kid:)

Two super excited girls wait outside the house for their mom to arrive with their little bundle of joy:) The gypsy pulls in, mom steps out..we look around...errrrr mom aren't you missing something?? No, here he is...she says so pointing towards a cardboard carton..we rip it open to see this HUGE fair coloured dog jump out with a red thin strap for a collar and leash. Super scared, as we had expected a tiny little pup, we jump back and glare at mom. She smiles and says...he's only three months old, labs grow fast:)
And that's how it all began, that's how we brought him home..in a carton in the train from Chandigarh. He was always smart considering how he got away from the sniffer dogs in shatabdi.
From thinking of crazy names for him to realising that he only responds to "Bruno" as mom had been calling him that the while in Chandigarh. She was his favourite, the only familiar smell for him. But then he came out..out of his shell and the MANY adventures of Bruno followed.
From breaking a million chains to run and chase the dogs and cows, to losing his sweater mysteriously. To jumping at dad for walks and barking at Didi for his afternoon jobs. Snapping at me seemed his favourite pass time, considering that mine was bugging him constantly.
Getting scared of a huge dog as a kid to getting hit in the eye by a cow. He never backed down, taking on a bunch of dogs alone seemed to be his favourite pass time. Getting back bruised and hurt just to be tended to by dad till late at night.
Listening to me talk for hours even though i had to hold him down many times.
Being a favourite amongst kids and being all fatherly around tipsy.
His love for cake and biscuits, to his NOT eating the food without non veg.
Him ALWAYS running to greet us and sulking when we left.
He made everyone fall in love with him. That was just him, a real charmer I'd say.
There are so many things to say and remember, words fall short.
Its the LOVE all of us will always feel for him.
He was my brother..the only real one i ever had:)